Le Krak du Désert

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history of Al-Karak

Al-Karak is absent from the chronicles of the Arab conquest of Palestine, and at the time of the First Crusade (launched in 1095) it was almost abandoned.
Le Krak du Désert, a heavily fortified Crusader citadel, was built on the site of the ancient fortress in 1132; it fell to the Muslims in 1188, the year after the Crusaders’ defeat at the Battle of Ḥaṭṭīn...